ScrollGuard is a mobile app for Android and iOS that blocks addictive short-form video feeds, including Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels, and more, without removing the apps themselves. It surgically removes the algorithmic content designed to keep you scrolling while preserving everything else: your DMs, stories, posts, and social connections.
With over 80,000+ downloads and featured as #1 on Hacker News, ScrollGuard has helped thousands of people reclaim hours of their day from mindless scrolling.
ScrollGuard was created by Adrian Hacar, a software engineer who found himself losing hours every day to Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts. What started as a quick check on a DM would turn into 40 minutes of mindless scrolling, and it was happening multiple times a day.
After trying screen time apps, app timers, and even deleting social media entirely, nothing worked long-term. The problem wasn't the apps themselves. It was the algorithmic short-form video feeds engineered to be addictive. So Adrian built ScrollGuard: a tool that removes only the addictive parts while keeping the useful features intact.
Social media isn't the enemy. Addictive algorithms are. ScrollGuard exists to give people back control over their attention so they can use social media on their own terms, not the algorithm's.
Works directly inside your native apps. ScrollGuard runs on top of Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Reddit, LinkedIn, and Snapchat, detecting and blocking short-form video feeds in real time.
Works through Web Apps. ScrollGuard creates clean web app versions of your social media apps where addictive content is blocked before it even loads. It never reaches your screen.
Both platforms support customizable blocking, including allowing Reels in DMs. See all features
Join thousands who've already reclaimed their time from mindless scrolling.
